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Title of the work

The Song of Wandering Aengus

Composer
Karosi Bálint
Original / Hungarian title
The Song of Wandering Aengus / A vándorló Aengus dala
Foreign language / English title
The Song of Wandering Aengus
Subtitle
For mixed choir
Dedication
to Andrew Shenton for the Boston Choral Ensemble
Year of composition
2014
Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-S-A-A-T-T-B-B), pf. (for rehearsal only)
Duration
6 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
BUTLER YEATS, William
Language
English
Premiere information
4 June 2023, Danube Bend Contemporary Music Festival, Vác, Hungary; Cantemus Mixed Choir, Soma Szabó (cond.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
MS
Available here!
Recordings
Video recording of the Hungarian premiere, 2023 - Cantemus Mixed Choir, Soma Szabó (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by William Butler Yeats